Missing libXft.so.1 in FC5

Tue May 16 16:05:45 UTC 2006

On Tue, 2006-05-16 at 09:42 -0600, Rose, Steve wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to install the Intel Debugger on FC5 and it's failing
> because libXft.so.1 is missing in FC5.  Apparently this is not a
> problem specific to Intel, but to Fedora (Intel says FC5 is not
> supported for this reason).  Does anyone know if there's a fix for
> this (i.e. how can I find & install libXft.so.1 and have the OS
> register it properly, etc.)?

You'll have to build a compatibility rpm to provide it (or build it from
source). I have no clue how easy that will be.